Incident # 18-00436 – Three people were injured, one
critically, in a single car, high speed MVC in the 5100 block of Combahee
Road at the entrance to Cherokee Plantation Monday morning 15-January at
00:28. The 2014 Chevrolet Cruze was traveling southbound on Combahee Road at
a high rate of speed, when it failed to negotiate a curve. The car left the
roadway, cross the ditch and struck a wooden fence. A part of the broken
fence rail penetrated the windshield, cut the steering wheel in half and
struck the drive in the head causing severe trauma. The car continued
through the field, drove through two more fences, then traveled
approximately 700 feet to the back of a second pasture.
Firefighter-Paramedics from Medic 13, found the driver unconscious and
barely breathing. He was quickly extricated from the car, so crew members
could secure his airway and assist his breathing. A medical helicopter had
already been requested based on the caller information. C.A.R.E. Flight
arrived on the scene minutes after the man was removed from the car. The
helicopter landed in the field near the car. The patient was quickly
transferred to the helicopter and flown to the Trauma Center at MUSC in
Charleston. Two adult females received non-life threatening injuries. They
were treated at the scene, then transported to Colleton Medical Center by
Fire-Rescue Medic 1. The SC Highway Patrol is investigating the accident.